Active BE 0453.478.364Private limited company

CANAL

Fortsesteenweg 52 ·2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium· 31 yrs active

Sector: Wholesale trade (46649)

Conclusion Checked

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of CANAL is 0.5% (very low). The company has been active since 1994 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. No processed annual-account figures are available; this conclusion rests on registry and State Gazette data only.

Based on State Gazette and CBE data.

Key figures

Active	31 yrs
Locations	1
Publications	8

Bankruptcy probability (12 mo) Checked model v1 · free

0.5% Very low

0%0,5%1,5%4%10%≥25%

Long track record −Higher-failure-rate sector +

Statistical estimate based on public sources, not credit advice nor a finding of fact. How do we compute this?

Risk Assessment rule-based

0 / 100

Low risk

Trust signals 2 signals

Long-established

Founded in 1994, 31 years in business.

No legal incidents

No bankruptcy, reorganisation or interim measure in the Belgisch Staatsblad, and the KBO register records a normal legal situation.

Administrative Flags 0 events

No administrative flags

Financial overview10 NBB filings

Financials being processed

NBB has 10 filing(s) on record for this company, latest fiscal year 2025 (verkort). The annual accounts are being processed.

Filings on record

Fiscal year	Type	Filed	Reference
31-12-2025	verkort	10-04-2026	2026-00076962
31-12-2024	verkort	19-03-2025	2025-00051232
31-12-2023	verkort	02-04-2024	2024-00056251
31-12-2022	verkort	13-03-2023	2023-00039494
31-12-2021	verkort	24-05-2022	2022-20035159
31-12-2020	verkort	15-07-2021	2021-35800445
31-12-2019	verkort	14-07-2020	2020-30100196
31-12-2018	verkort	28-06-2019	2019-24900547
31-12-2017	verkort	29-06-2018	2018-25400422
31-12-2016	verkort	31-07-2017	2017-38600499

Directors & mandates 5 directors

Historic, not recently confirmed (3)

These mandates remain open in the register but have not been confirmed by a new act in over six years. They do not count as active directors.

Altec BVBALegal entity
Manager· perm. rep.: André Brassine
State Gazette act 18108463 (12-07-2018)

Not recently confirmed
last confirmed in an act from 2018
Merlion InvestmentsLegal entity
Manager· perm. rep.: François Van Bogaert
State Gazette act 18108463 (12-07-2018)

Not recently confirmed
last confirmed in an act from 2018
WIPOLA CONSULTINGLegal entity
Manager· perm. rep.: Michaël Van Bogaert
State Gazette act 18108463 (12-07-2018)

Not recently confirmed
last confirmed in an act from 2018

Former directors (2)

MERLION INVESTMENTS
Director
State Gazette act 26008560 (19-01-2026)

Former
- → 19-01-2026
WIPOLA CONSULTING
Director
State Gazette act 26008560 (19-01-2026)

Former
- → 19-01-2026

Full appointment history from the Belgian State Gazette. Permanent representatives are shown for corporate directors.

Legal Structure

NACE primary	Wholesale trade(46649)
Legal form	Private limited company(610)
Incorporation	21-09-1994
Status	Active
Postal code	2860

Connections & network 3 connected companies

Group structure

Merlion Investments

Parent · 2 subsidiaries · 1 location

Control→

WIPOLA CONSULTING

Parent · 1 subsidiary · 1 location

Control→

Network connections

Delta Plastics

Shared corporate director

→

Connections derived from shared directors, addresses, shareholders and group structure in the Belgian State Gazette.

Establishment units 1 location

Fortsesteenweg 52, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver

de groothandel in garen

since 19942.068.682.574

Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).

Real-estate footprint Source: CBE × cadastre

Parcels linked to this company through its CBE addresses (seat, establishment units, branches), cross-referenced with the cadastral parcel plan. This shows where the company operates, not a deeds register.

Flanders 1 (100%)

Parcel (capakey)	Region	Area	Buildings	Height / fl.
12422D0314/00R003	Flanders	5,286 m²	1 · 2,500 m²	19.1 m · 1 fl.

Methodology

via registered seat: 1

1 of 1 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.

Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Updates 18 events

A single timeline of everything that happened to this company, publications, insolvency and lifecycle events, administrative changes and filed annual accounts.

2026

10-04-2026

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2025 · verkort

20-01-2026

State Gazette act Capital & shares

v3.2

19-01-2026

State Gazette act Director changes

v3.2

2025

10-11-2025

State Gazette act Miscellaneous

Fusion proposal

19-03-2025

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2024 · verkort

2024

12-11-2024

State Gazette act Capital & shares

v3.2

13-09-2024

State Gazette act Miscellaneous

completed · Jan BOEYKENS

02-04-2024

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2023 · verkort

09-01-2024

State Gazette act Statutes amendment

v3.2

2023

13-03-2023

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2022 · verkort

2022

24-05-2022

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2021 · verkort

2021

15-07-2021

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2020 · verkort

2020

14-07-2020

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2019 · verkort

2019

28-06-2019

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2018 · verkort

23-04-2019

State Gazette act Registered-office change

v3.2

2018

12-07-2018

State Gazette act Director changes

v3.2

29-06-2018

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2017 · verkort

2017

31-07-2017

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2016 · verkort

Belgisch Staatsblad, acts 8 acts

Capital history · 2

20-01-2026

v3.2

12-11-2024

v3.2

Address history · 1

23-04-2019

v3.2

All acts · 8 updated 6 months ago

2026

20-01-2026 Transaction in capital or shares Capital & shares

Summary: v3.2

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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19-01-2026 2 resigning Director changes

WIPOLA CONSULTING, Bestuurder
MERLION INVESTMENTS, Bestuurder

Summary: v3.2

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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2025

10-11-2025 Publication in the Belgian Official Gazette, Miscellaneous Miscellaneous

Summary: Fusion proposal

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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      "name": "Luc Van Pelt",
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      "name": "Pia Advisory NV",
      "role": "Lasthebber"
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      "name": "Caroline Mari\u00EBn",
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2024

12-11-2024 Transaction in capital or shares Capital & shares

Summary: v3.2

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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13-09-2024 Publication in the Belgian Official Gazette, Miscellaneous Miscellaneous·Jan BOEYKENS

Summary: completedNotary: Jan BOEYKENS · Antwerpen

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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09-01-2024 Articles of association amended Statutes amendment

Summary: v3.2

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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2019

23-04-2019 Registered office moved from Edegem to Sint-Katelijne-Waver Registered-office change

Boniverlei 16, 2650 Edegem → Fortsesteenweg 52, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Summary: v3.2

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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2018

12-07-2018 3 directors appointed Director changes

François Van Bogaert, Zaakvoerder
Michaël Van Bogaert, Zaakvoerder
André Brassine, Zaakvoerder

Summary: v3.2

Original publication ↗

Technical details

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Names & trade names

Legal nameNL

CANAL

Registered office

Fortsesteenweg 52 bus A

2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium

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